Episode #82: Ninety-six Percent of People Are Living on Autopilot: Are You One of Them?

Flashback Friday Episode #88: Commanding Resilience: J. Scot Heathman’s Journey from Brain Tumor to Triumph

Flashback Friday #88: Commanding Resilience: J. Scot Heathman’s Journey from Brain Tumor to Triumph   In this powerful episode of the Positively Altered Podcast, Dr. Cindy sits down with J. Scot Heathman, a former military commander who faced a life-altering challenge after a car accident led to the discovery of a brain tumor. J. Scot shares his inspiring journey of resilience, including how his military mindset helped him tackle the unexpected. From naming his tumor “Toby” to navigating a lengthy recovery, J. Scot’s story is a testament to strength, leadership, and the power of perspective. Tune in for a mix of humor, vulnerability, and practical advice on navigating adversity and embracing life’s challenges!   In this episode, we cover:   * (4:08) How would a car accident become a blessing in disguise? * (14:55) Coming out of surgery worse than before the surgery * (17:45) What can I control in this situation? * (22:27) Did your military training prepare you for this life event? * (31:03) How is your health today? * (32:58) Do you miss flying planes? * (43:32) Rapid-fire questions   Dr. Cindy’s Links: http://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks [http://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks] Dr. Cindy’s Partners: Professional Health Products: http://www.phpltd.com [http://www.phpltd.com] Stopain Clinical: https://www.stopainclinical.com/ [https://www.stopainclinical.com/] Infinedi: http://infinedi.net/ [http://infinedi.net/]     About J. Scot Heathman:   1. Scot Heathman’s life is marked by a desire to shoot for the skies.    Raised in Minnesota with traditional Midwest values, he was an active participant in school, sports, and his community. However, his greatest passion emerged at just three years old, when he saw Star Wars in the theater for the first time.    That day, he knew he was destined to fly airplanes. This dream prompted a 25-year career in the Air Force, during which time he became a colonel, combat instructor pilot, squadron commander, and eventually an Air Force base commander leading and serving roughly 14,000 personnel.    In 2019, however, his resilience would be tested beyond anything he had ever experienced. Following a car accident, doctors discovered he had a brain tumor. The next year was spent in observation and eventually culminated in a nearly ten-hour surgery.    Despite four months of extreme therapy to learn how to walk, talk, see, and regain his balance, J. Scot returned as the Base Commander for Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, only to go through 30 rounds of radiation, all while under the global pandemic.    This experience taught him how impactful his lessons could be in inspiring others and prompted a unique opportunity to elevate others. So, in 2022, he retired from the Air Force and set out to bring his ideas of courage and a proven leadership style to help corporate and senior leaders command their own cultures.   Today, J. Scot inspires CEOs to front-line leaders to ‘command with courage’ so they can unleash the force within their team, ignite their innovative spirit, and skyrocket their bottom line.    His Commander Level coaching/training programs, along with his keynote presentations, inspire his clients to lead with relatability and respect and embrace their vulnerability and emotional intelligence for positive change. J. Scot has Master’s degrees in Organizational Leadership, Operational Planning & Strategy, and National Security & Strategic Studies, and is certified in Emotional Intelligence and Wiley’s Everything DiSC curriculum and assessments, designed to take leadership performance to the highest altitudes.     He has earned the 2024 Emotional Intelligence Facilitator and Retired Colonel of the Year award from the International Association of Top Professionals.    He contributed to “The Military Effect: Fifty Stories of Those Who Have Served [https://themilitaryeffect.com/]” by Scott Manthorne and author of the upcoming book “Command With Courage: Elevating Beyond Adversity,” a release date to be announced.   Follow J. Scot: www.elevatingothersllc.com [http://www.elevatingothersllc.com] scot@elevatingothersllc.com [scot@elevatingothersllc.com] https://themilitaryeffect.com/ [https://themilitaryeffect.com/]  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jscotheathman/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jscotheathman/]   Giveaway: J. Scot would love to give away five hours of free coaching to five individuals. The first five people to DM him on LinkedIn will receive a one-on-one, 60-minute session with him!   Follow, rate, and review Dr. Cindy on Apple [http://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-positively-altered-podcast/id1773804535] and Spotify [http://open.spotify.com/show/7429Yj7FlC3O6WhgmzAWas]! If you love Dr. Cindy's episodes, here's how to follow her so you never miss one!   1. For Apple, click the “Follow” button at the top of the page on the right.  2. For Spotify, click the “Follow” button below Dr. Cindy’s show tile.   Questions about her content? Please visit Dr. Cindy’s disclaimer [http://www.drcindyspeaks.com/podcast] at the bottom of the page.

Episode #87: When the Labs Don’t Help: Greg Lee Helps You Uncover What's Really Making You Sick

Episode #87: When the Labs Don’t Help: Greg Lee Helps You Uncover What's Really Making You Sick   You've seen eight specialists, your labs are normal, and you keep getting worse. Former NASA engineer Greg Lee has heard that story — because he lived it. Greg healed his own mysterious gut issues, now runs the Lyme Research Healing Center, and uses advanced bio-energetic scanning to uncover what conventional testing misses. If you're stuck, dismissed, or running out of answers, this episode is for you.   In this episode, we cover:    (3:00) From NASA to the health space (6:00) Greg’s journey with Lyme disease research (11:00) Addressing mold and other toxicities  (16:00) How to reset people’s immune systems to help with food allergies (18:00) Duration of patient’s healing journey (20:00) Parasite cleanse . . . the good, the bad, and the ugly  (23:00) Foods that improve your health and lower inflammation  (25:00) Acupuncture’s limitations (27:00) Typical treatment for Lyme disease (30:00) Rapid-fire questions   Dr. Cindy’s Socials: https://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks [https://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks] Dr. Cindy’s Merch [https://merchloop.com/collections/dr-cindy]   Dr. Cindy’s Partners: Professional Health Products: http://www.phpltd.com [http://www.phpltd.com] Stopain Clinical: https://www.stopainclinical.com/ [https://www.stopainclinical.com/] Infinedi: https://infinedi.net/ [https://infinedi.net/]   About Greg Lee:   I’m Greg Lee, founder of the Lyme Research & Healing Center and a former NASA engineer who walked away from a traditional career path after my own struggle with IBS. In my practice, I've seen over a thousand chronic illness patients who have been dismissed, misdiagnosed, or told to “just live with it.”   I truly enjoyed listening to the recent episode “Healing Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All: Danielle Pashko’s Story.” It deeply resonated with our medical approach of our Advanced Medical Scan to identify the most important underlying infections, toxins, inflammatory patterns, immune stressors, and neurological imbalances—and then crafting a customized treatment and remedy program based on each patient’s unique physiology rather than applying a generic protocol.   My work focuses on people dealing with chronic Lyme, mold illness, long COVID, neurological symptoms, fatigue, pain, anxiety, and mystery conditions that don’t show up clearly on lab tests—but absolutely show up in real life. Beyond the medicine, I see every day how chronic illness alters identity, relationships, purpose, and mental health.   At our clinic, the Advanced Medical Scan helps uncover hidden drivers such as chronic infections, toxins, nervous system overload, inflammation, and gut–brain dysfunction. Using the Scan results, we help these patients heal more quickly with several advanced therapies, including Molecular Hydrogen Treatment, frequency-specific microcurrent, Functional Medicine remedies, nanoparticle herbs and essential oils, peptides, Chinese medicine, German Biological Homeopathic Remedies, and bee venom.  What I also bring to a conversation like yours isn’t just protocols—it’s the human side of what happens when life gets derailed and has to be rebuilt.   Follow Greg:  Website [https://www.lymeresearchcenter.com] Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/LymeResearchCenter/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lymeresearchcenter/] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/109250078/]   Follow, rate, and review Dr. Cindy on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-positively-altered-podcast/id1773804535] and Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7429Yj7FlC3O6WhgmzAWas]! If you love Dr. Cindy's episodes, here's how to follow her so you never miss one!   1. For Apple, click the “Follow” button at the top of the page on the right.  2. For Spotify, click the “Follow” button below Dr. Cindy’s show tile.   Questions about her content? Please visit Dr. Cindy’s disclaimer at the bottom of the page. www.drcindyspeaks.com/podcast [http://www.drcindyspeaks.com/podcast]

Episode #86: From Four-Week Coma to the Stage: Dan McQueen's Story Will Make You Rethink Everything

Episode #86: From Four-Week Coma to the Stage: Dan McQueen's Story Will Make You Rethink Everything   Dan McQueen went in for headaches. He came out of a four-week coma unable to walk, talk, or smile. What happened next wasn't a dramatic overnight comeback; it was a game. Five minutes faster in the wheelchair. Then five more. His "aim small, miss small, ratchet" philosophy is deceptively simple and genuinely life-changing. Dr. Cindy calls this one the episode that brought her to tears. Fair warning: It might do the same to you.   In this episode, we cover:   * (4:00) How a headache drastically changed Dan’s life.  * (10:00) “This isn’t my life. I was healthy yesterday.”  * (17:00) Challenging the status quo and risking failure rather than sitting in mediocrity.  * (20:00) Motivation is about proving you wrong, proving you’re right, and serving. * (23:00) Forgiving yourself today to help move yourself forward tomorrow? * (26:00) How Dan views this life-altering circumstance as a gift.  * (30:00) If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.  * (35:00) Control the controllable- It’s not about what happened to you, it’s about how you react.  * (39:00) Rapid-fire questions   Dr. Cindy’s Socials: https://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks [https://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks] Dr. Cindy’s Merch [https://merchloop.com/collections/dr-cindy]   Dr. Cindy’s Partners: Professional Health Products: http://www.phpltd.com [http://www.phpltd.com] Stopain Clinical: https://www.stopainclinical.com/ [https://www.stopainclinical.com/] Infinedi: https://infinedi.net/ [https://infinedi.net/]   About Dan Macqueen:   At 28, Dan was leading a healthy, active life. After an optometrist appointment to identify the cause of his persistent headaches was cut short, he was handed a sealed envelope and told to go directly to the hospital. What followed was emergency brain surgery. On June 21, 2014, Dan's reality was shattered by a devastating brain hemorrhage. With no map to guide him on the gruelling path to recovery, Dan had to rely on his grit, perseverance, and resilience to relearn everything he once knew: how to walk, talk, and even smile.   Dan has survived two emergency brain surgeries, weeks in a coma, and months in a rehab hospital. What he found out along the way might surprise you: there is nothing like a brain injury to refocus the mind! Driven by a positive mindset, Dan battled through excruciating rehab exercises to rebuild his life and return to a job he loved.    He’s grateful for the doctors who saved him and the friends and family who supported him. Now he wants to pay it forward. The tools Dan used to rebuild his life can be used by anyone facing challenges. He will reveal strategies to help you or your team be #BetterThanYesterday and achieve your goals, one step at a time. His action-oriented life hacks will help you tackle anything you face.   Through his talks, Dan has inspired groups at the @NHS London Wolfsen rehabilitation centre, @Headway - West London, a Brain injury association, @Hootsuite, a social media management company, and @Spendesk, a Fintech SaaS company based in London. His audiences were moved and uplifted by Dan's story and ready to use his practical approaches to triumph over adversity.    Follow Dan: Website [http://www.macqueendan.com] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvetrjnuZDZ66QRTiJtt6mw] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/macqueendan/] Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/macqueendan/]   Follow, rate, and review Dr. Cindy on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-positively-altered-podcast/id1773804535] and Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7429Yj7FlC3O6WhgmzAWas]! If you love Dr. Cindy's episodes, here's how to follow her so you never miss one!   1. For Apple, click the “Follow” button at the top of the page on the right.  2. For Spotify, click the “Follow” button below Dr. Cindy’s show tile.   Questions about her content? Please visit Dr. Cindy’s disclaimer at the bottom of the page. www.drcindyspeaks.com/podcast [http://www.drcindyspeaks.com/podcast]

Episode #85: Twenty Broken Bones, Eight Days in a Coma, and 364 Days to Race Again

Episode #85: Twenty Broken Bones, Eight Days in a Coma, and 364 Days to Race Again   Jason Dennen hit a building at 30 miles an hour. His heart literally ended up on the wrong side of his chest. Eight days in a coma, 20 broken bones, and one very direct conversation with his mom later, he decided to race a triathlon in under a year. This episode isn't just a survival story. It's about finding a "why" big enough to get you through the worst pain of your life.   In this episode, we cover:   * (3:00) How Jason became a thrill seeker!  * (7:00) If you trust yourself to jump out of an airplane, you can trust yourself in life.  * (8:00) Jason’s skydiving story. * (15:00) The ups and downs of the healing process and how Jason found purpose from his accident.  * (16:00) Jason’s accidental poisoning in the hospital.  * (23:00) Using negativity to your advantage to prove people wrong.  * (37:00) Rapid-fire questions   Dr. Cindy’s Socials: https://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks [https://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks] Dr. Cindy’s Merch [https://merchloop.com/collections/dr-cindy]   Dr. Cindy’s Partners: Professional Health Products: http://www.phpltd.com [http://www.phpltd.com] Stopain Clinical: https://www.stopainclinical.com/ [https://www.stopainclinical.com/] Infinedi: https://infinedi.net/ [https://infinedi.net/]   About Jason Dennen: Jason Dennen is an inspirational speaker, author, skydiver, mountain climber, triathlete, explorer, and has spent over 25 years in financial services. He was born and raised in New Jersey but felt a pull to explore and test his limits in the wide-open expanses of the West.     After years of searching to find his limits, one day he ran into his greatest challenge.  A skydiving accident that nearly took his life.  The crash broke 20 bones, badly damaged 4 organs, and thrust his heart from the left side to the right side of his body.  He survived a coma that lasted 8 days.  Even his doctors couldn’t believe he survived the traumatic accident with the injuries he incurred.  He woke up from the coma with a badly broken body that required him to stay in the hospital for 3 and a half months, undergo 11 months of rehabilitation, and relearn to walk.  After his doctor told him that it was unlikely he would ever run again, he decided to sign up for a triathlon to test the doctor’s prognosis.  Less than 1 year after the accident, he completed a triathlon and proved the doctor wrong. And then he kept going and started climbing mountains again because doctors told him it would be impossible.   Jason had unknowingly spent his entire life training his body and mind for this moment.  Every philosophy and principle Jason lived by and every ounce of physical strength and mental resilience he had built over his lifetime of living on the edge proved to be exactly what saved his life.   Jason is on a mission to empower people and organizations to overcome challenges that were once considered impossible.  Jason not only inspires people and organizations, but Jason provides them with the tools and mindset to take on their greatest challenges and succeed.   Follow Jason: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jwdboulder/]  Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondennen/]    Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/jason.dennen.5]       Follow, rate, and review Dr. Cindy on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-positively-altered-podcast/id1773804535] and Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7429Yj7FlC3O6WhgmzAWas]! If you love Dr. Cindy's episodes, here's how to follow her so you never miss one!   1. For Apple, click the “Follow” button at the top of the page on the right.  2. For Spotify, click the “Follow” button below Dr. Cindy’s show tile.   Questions about her content? Please visit Dr. Cindy’s disclaimer at the bottom of the page. www.drcindyspeaks.com/podcast [http://www.drcindyspeaks.com/podcast]

Episode #84: From $100K in Debt to C-Suite: Shira Miller on Reinventing Remarkable

Episode #84: From $100K in Debt to C-Suite: Shira Miller on Reinventing Remarkable   Shira Miller lost everything in the Great Recession: fancy office, six-figure debt, and her health. Then she stopped apologizing for it. Now she's a C-suite exec, keynote speaker, and author obsessed with one idea: the “remarkable” is already in you, buried under exhaustion and 80,000 daily thoughts (most of them negative). This episode is equal parts science, strategy, and donuts. Come for the comeback story; stay for the cognitive reframing.   In this episode, we cover:   * (3:00) Are you really having fun in life? * (9:00) A dirty little secret about Dunkin' Donuts.  * (12:00) Activate the remarkable! * (17:00) Why a reverse bucket list is more rewarding than a typical bucket list.  * (22:00) Finding the most resistance when searching for remarkability.  * (26:00) Reevaluating the connotation of the word failure.  * (30:00) What’s next for Shira? * (34:00) Rapid-fire questions   Dr. Cindy’s Socials: https://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks [https://linktr.ee/drcindyspeaks] Dr. Cindy’s Merch [https://merchloop.com/collections/dr-cindy]   Dr. Cindy’s Partners: Professional Health Products: http://www.phpltd.com [http://www.phpltd.com] Stopain Clinical: https://www.stopainclinical.com/ [https://www.stopainclinical.com/] Infinedi: https://infinedi.net/ [https://infinedi.net/]   About Shira Miller:  Award-winning keynote speaker Shira Miller activates the remarkable in people, teams, and organizations, driving greater business success and personal fulfillment. A two-time TEDx speaker, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, and author of Free and Clear: Get Unstuck and Live the Life You Want, she currently works as the Chief Communications Officer of National DCP, the $3 billion supply chain company serving Dunkin’ franchisees.    Cultivating optimism is Miller’s superpower, helping her transform from financial ruin to prosperity, chronic health challenges to wellness, and an unfulfilling career to a purpose-driven life. She has helped thousands of leaders activate the remarkable in their professional and personal lives. Her speaking engagements have included the Women’s Foodservice Forum, Emory University, Canyon Ranch, Women’s Leadership Conference-Wisconsin, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and Public Relations Society of America.  She has been featured in Ariana Huffington’s Thrive Global, Shape, Health, First for Women, Authority Magazine, Quick & Simple, the Atlanta Journal–Constitution, and Emory Magazine.   Follow Shira: Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shira-miller-cpcc-a965ab/] Instagram [http://theshiramiller] Website [https://shiramiller.com/]   Follow, rate, and review Dr. Cindy on Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-positively-altered-podcast/id1773804535] and Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7429Yj7FlC3O6WhgmzAWas]! If you love Dr. Cindy's episodes, here's how to follow her so you never miss one!   1. For Apple, click the “Follow” button at the top of the page on the right.  2. For Spotify, click the “Follow” button below Dr. Cindy’s show tile.   Questions about her content? Please visit Dr. Cindy’s disclaimer at the bottom of the page. www.drcindyspeaks.com/podcast [http://www.drcindyspeaks.com/podcast]